I guess you want to know who Kyle Stewart is.

Kyle Stewart is a travel editor for UPGRD, The Trip Sherpa and Map Happy. He has been featured in USA Today, Reuters, CNBC and other outlets for traveling and points and miles. He flies hundreds of thousands of miles every year with his wife and infant daughter, totaling over 47 countries in the last ten years.

To the surprise (and disappointment) of many other travelers, we have flown with our infant since she was eight weeks old. At 22 months, she has flown more than 100,000 miles to 15 countries on four continents—some of them several times—and (I will get hate mail for this) often in first and business class.

Okay, the world didn’t blow up. American Airlines, the last of the old guard has finally relented and moved to a mileage program that doesn’t reward you for the time you are spending on their planes but how much you are spending with the airline.